Sloshing around in Space like a Soda!
The picture shows a collection of galaxies, which is known as a Galaxy Cluster. The gold regions pick out the individual galaxies, while the blue parts of the image show hot gas, which is about 30 million degrees Celsius!
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X-ray: NASA/CXC/BU/L.Blanton; Optical: ESO/VLT
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